Honors Biology Heredity

If two alleles are the same for a certain trait they are considered

• Homozygous

• Twins

• Heterozygous

• Common

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Physical traits that are expressed are known as ____________

• Mutation

• Personality

• Genotype

• Phenotype

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Sections of DNA that have instructions for a specific trait are called _______________

• Blueprints

• Genes

• Heterozygous

• Fragments

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Chromosomes are

• Found in the mitochondria

• Made of 20 pairs

• Long strands of DNA that contain many genes

• Bundles of DNA that contain only one gene each

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Traits that are passed from parents to offspring are always

• Recessive

• Inherited

• Dominant

• Heterozygous

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The passage of genetic instructions from one generation to the next is known as

• Alleles

• Ancestry

• Heredity

• Variation

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The genes of an organism that are written with capital or lowercase letters

• Pant size

• Deoxyribonucleic acid

• Genotype

• Gretchentype

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If a gene is always expressed or always shown with a capital letter it is

• Bossy

• Recessive

• Yelling

• Dominant

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If a certain trait has two different alleles (one dominant and one recessive) it is called __________________

• Homozygous

• Confused

• Differentiated

• Heterozygous

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This variation of a gene can only be expressed if it is received from both parents

• Shy

• Heterozygous

• Variation

• Recessive

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